HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-12-24, Page 2FOR THE THIRD TINE
CHAPTER IV, not forget then yen are Doreen), Haan
deubrook's heiress, and that 1 MU n,
Through a long Vista of gOrgeone Penniless lawyer, I cannot forget that
reams, athwart tho glitter of gee and 1' 1
'- .ce'Ye you, and tna,t I an mad for my
the gleam of jewels and the wild sweet palosl"
mnsio of a Gelania waltz Mr, Wi'dab. " "
k os fairy princess. Ile i "Dearest AmY. my love. My darling.
went to Mee
et me tell you all mymadnese now, i fluttered away with the other nuu81-
seen hoe eeveral times since the then banish 3:80, Xorever teem your I flies to Searborough. Mr. Wildair fon
night at the play but he was now to bright- presence, if you will. I loved I lowed faitlifully,
meet he at a West -end party; amag- you in those days long ago when yen i The marriage was fixed for (Kober
were no heiress, but iny time little , eth. There was to bo a magnifieent
'flIfieeat afeeer, where the creme de la ' playmate. Your image, pure and! weddinga gorneous oreakfast, and a
amen of the eVest-end assembled in bright as those shining stars up yon- trip to the continent. The wedded pnix
dazzling toilets and wleere the young der, ben been with me ever sinee. And would spend eke winter and spring
now when I nwet yout"' your dazzling , throad, and return with the June roma
beauty, in your unutterable kindness, l to them London mansion.
is it any wonder that the old love Septemeer passed. October came, On
grows even at first sig o hfourth o tbe month the "night be -
When asked for an invitation, "must 1 for one heart la bold e Alny, Amy, see ; fore the !midst" everything was ready.
'needs be weloomm" and so ner, wri_ me at your feet, not daring to ask.for , In the heiress' dressing -room lay
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BRUSSELS p o T.
Sterling might disteppro4, but 5119
no authority to forbia the woelan,
The engagement was announced, and
sineked, at her betrothed's tree°
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p11. The
don. Eclipsed belles lifted their droop. bysteries fiassotl, and Mr. Wilaale wap
tug heads now; the heiress bad retired barna, and Miss Earle retired in erape
from the maks, and there was babel and bombazine and the seolusion of the
of Gilead for their bruised hearts °nee groat: Cumberland mansion, and became
more, a most hopelees prey to anal. exid
July wore away. London Ineeeneln- sensation novels.• 'ahoy had buried him,
supportable, coarse. and MIBS Sarlo and no olow had been, found to the
mysterious and awful death; and,
now, SCL1800 year after, bet wen for-
gotten. He bad been a selfish Syba-
rite all lois life, and there Were fOW to
regret his tragic. end.
Amy Earle bed spent a very dreary
lawyer was almost unknown. "But anY
friend of dear Miss Earle's," quoth
Mrs, Goldharn, the giver of the feast,
winter, The MOW lInd fallen Wok and
the wild winds had howled through the
. Nancy Jane's Christmas,
Sweetheart was one a the very
happiest little girls living, and., indeed,
8118 hnd everything to mane hor happy,
a papa Dad mamma and four big bro-
thers wbo worshipped nor, .8 pony ear.
Kane Med a Pair of gray ponies, u, goat
and, a little rod sled, and a man ser-
vant to look after her safety wher-
ever the went, Sweetheant lived in a
great house on the edge of a *toren.
que villu,g3 and every Cnristmas
her mamma let her have a tree in the
hall and Invite all the girls and. boys
In tbe village.
high around Blackwood Grange, and C!hrlstmas was comiog around very
cJarI
Ly impassable. society became a xliera_ were wondering whet Sweetheart would briskly. lionain,g is so fatal as plow- ay. Y an eau n
it is second natune for children tool
says onu
leafless trees. The roads were after-
ward found life as loopelessly dull as and whether if it; ivere snowing the
ennbee give them off the tree in the hall,
or informal the gathering, emne one when at study, and. that thus disease
Penholders in their months
ory of the past. Mrs. Sterling ness end tedium. No matter how email ; pewees or
person Itho has Mot and a glfe for may be commu.nleated from child to
%ODA and the children in the vilioge
GAMES FOR CHRISTMASTIDE
How to Spend a 'Merry Hour These
Holiday Times.
Duriog Christmastide the spirit of
youth obtain be upon US and. sedate
eanueements may give way to V., gen-
eral fronts in white' all ages talce part mince the panne sebeels opened. la, S.:so-
wn:11 equal gayety. Rollieking games, tember, and believe Mal; they nave
then, within are rather In abeyance el- feeeitl.ideteeheeeneeilleietenilletettheee,enrietenme ierte,eiletiad
even menthe out of the twelve are re- elie.""oerte,"teilenineneTneeeneeleneeeen,erenne"
rived now tend lend added jollity gathered together each "day not be-
ta the holiday time, fore disenissanand placed in a box On
The secret of keeping up the interest thie.teachres (Irk. The next: mornlog
and epirits of any little company lies tritgal asoul&trenaletdenn anrione,"(gt
in a knack of moving things along different pencils and penholders every
'Dgo, 24, 1807
DISEASE SPREA.D BY PENCILS,
eternization enggestea to reelect ingenue,
18 .IMMOIMPOIN tiilmOO),
The health authorities of leullanapol-
Is are making an investigation of the
rapid sprout ot diphtheria and other
cnnategious 1118010508 among thildren
slair received a card, and went in all rayiusdor filloyeset, rctz..aoulittgitoonyolmo pmloirotee ye:gr. fdoornginave; nspurieotiodutount.eidndisnligle_iii.ocloi atehrteey,vtehile. mtahgee ever
:laden, and occasionally a flying visi- t°
only visitor wes the clergyman of St. four -horse team would be sent around
the little. houses to gather them up managing should take (Merge, appoint in
e'enting with e, preparation by W.hidi
f • e •
did Mariana in her Grantee. their
the purple and fine linen the nobler my love, my queen, ! wreath, the orange blossoms. In the herself a committee or entertainment, the penrils and penbolders oan be ster-
Lathan from john Sterling. Dr. Sohn and they said. among themselves that
' sex dare don, and looked the handsom- and then banish me forever." I heiress' drawing -room Mr. Wildair sat,
Sterlin with Me (sheer face and Cluentmas wouldn't be like Christmas so to speak to see that every' one takes in
med. each day.
The eloquent voles died out; he knelt bending devotedly over her, and talk- , g, Y .
' la' head bowed • Mg --------- edo tlon their wedding malty. voice, and loud, hearty laugh
at all if Sweetheare Wilson &Mint part and that before the interest in
mit man in the poems.
Miss Amy Earle thought so as she to receive his doom, his face divinely eve, Bothverradiantly happy and g n g
000 00000r,
sunburst, in upon their darkness; and
.t glanced Ins way under cover or her , headsman in the pale moonlight. Amy's hopeful. No shadow oe the awful doom
fan, while flirting animatedly with the whole trice flushed with mature as the novering over them darkened that Ams' grew to count tho (Una of hie al, -
blissful bour.
eon .01: the ima„. She was looking looked. This was lova, this was deco- e• • t , jack" would only °eine and live
j seam drearilY, and wish dear old
' team this was the dream of her heel It was late'when Mr. "Se Inbar depar - ,
. with thena for good. And Mrs.
i Claude Melaotte raving mad for love ed. He lingered, lovingly. clasping the
wonderfully pretty herself—a very see !
' nymph, in pale green silk under misty : of beautiful Pauline, could not have little hands, and kissing the 'sweet, 1 Starling listened in secret exulta-
white and with emeralds glimmering I wooed more romanneally than this. girlish face. i elem.
on tbe exquisite neck and arms. , , And he was so handsome too with the "Good-ni ht " he mid "for the last I "All will (mine rigbt in the end," she
b • face of a Greek Apollo, and cl the tongue
enenantingly pretty and so delight- 1 of a masculine siren! Miss Earle
fully rich what wonder ie the bright stretched out one tiny head a -glitter
1
little heiress -was the triumphant with rings, and. lifted her lover OP.
gneen of the night ever surrounded by "Rise Geor e; just think if any-
body male in and caught you, you
the handsomest and must eligible ! know. And, ohl please don't say such
men of the room and receiving flattery ' dreadful things!' I don't want you to
enough to turn forever a dozen such go away forever."
silly little heads? 1 "Amyl OM for Heaven's mice don't
di eceive megivith false hopes nowt Be
George Wildair's heart soak all at merciful, and bid me go."
0008 as he watched her receiving her I The pretty lips pouted.
perpetual incense as a princess might; I "It seems to me you are very anx-
and his high bones suddenly fell. I Mies to go, (Mr. Wildair. Of course .you
"What if I should miss again'?" he , enneoet if you insist upon it; but mind,
1 a ant bid you."
thought with a sickening feeling of I "Amyl"
apprehension. "What chance has a I elbe ringed white hand fluttered out
poor fellow snob DA 1 am, among those ag,E40 and nestled into bis.. .0 think
millionaires, and sons of millionaires? that mungrfeoaoletilrc;rateneier i t
And net little Amy isn't the sort of , any difference in me. Ahl don't go,
gceould make
girl to marry for money. She is of !George. I don't want you to leave
he sentimental kind, that elope with me forever."
the coachman, and think love in a 1 And then the pretty head, "sunning
ver with curls," dropped on his shout -
cottage the height oe earthly bliss. ; der, mud George Wildair, half delirioas
iWhat is it the grad old cardinal sieys , with delight, clasped her in his arms,
in the play? 'In the vocabulary of and held bar there—a triumphant con -
great men there is no such word Me ClOeret.
Miss Earle and Mr. Wildair were
fall Courage, 131801 emit You'll win , long in returning to the hall -room; so
the heiress yet! Victory Mts at my long th&t people were smiling signifi-
,
helml" trantly, and whispering prophetically
time, my love, my darling, my. bride." thought. "She will marry John yet,
It was a cloudy, overcast night. The and both will be happy. He loves her,
moon, pale and watery, the scu.dding I know, and she is learning every day
clouds and raw wind threatening rain. to love him." •
George Wildair walked briskly away I But "man proposes--" You know
in the direetion of his chambers. The, the proverb. John Sterling him -
cabs that rattled past bim were filled , self clothed all these hopes to the
with people froxn the theatres; he pre-' geound,
ferred the brisk walk to the crush aud it was a tempestuous lelarele night;
discomfort of an omnibus. Ile seemed the Wind howled and the snow fell, and
to walk on air. 1 the darkness was as tbe darkness of
"At. last," he said, drawing a long Erebus, The young doctor wasplung-
breath; "at last, wealth, win ease, and ing along the blockaded road from St.
luxury, and every delight thee world Jude's in rue eap and overcoat, and
hes to give, will be mine. At last, af- ermed with a stout stick. He knew
ter bitter disappointment; after dismal every inch of the way, and no tempest
drudgery, after dull despair—at last that ever shrieked through tbe earth
in spite of Dorothy Hardenbrook!" was fierce enough to keep, birn prison -
He stopped suddenly; like a flash or, He plunged along resolutely, with
lame the memory of Isabel Veneta. He the sleet slashing in bis fine, and was
had forgotten her as completely of late within $ quarter a a nine of Black -
es though she had never existed. Now wood Grange, when a belated wayfar-
she arose before him ss) had stood er started out from the shelter of a
tbat night long ago, when she had risk-
ed a fortune to meet him, pale and
menacing.
"When I prove false to you, I pray
God that I may- 111e1"
He had uttered the terrible invoca- me?
tion himself, and solemn and awful John Sterling stopped and tried to
came the memory of that stern see the man's face, but the darknese
"Amen!" which had responded. The baffled him.
cold drops started out on' George Wil- I "It is three miles from here to St.
deir's brow, juele.'s—too far for any man on such
"Great Heaven!" he thouglat.; "what a night.. 'Van bad better come with
a. false foresworn wretcli I aml I de- ! me; I think X tom L ----------. -
tree and faced him.
"I have' lest my way,", said a pecu-
liarly elear and melodious voice. "I
want to go to St. Jade's, I am al-
most perished—will you kindly direct
vite them to her tree. one diversion begins to Deg another is
Sweetheart, too, was very fond oe substituted, To be jure, it is quite as
bad to keep up an incesiant xattling
the Cnristains tree, but this year she
mid that she believed she wanted change. People can be bored just as
something besides the tree, "something
to give away to somebody who can't
COMe to the tree," ahe seed to her big
brothers, "and T want you all to help
me to find. that pereon."
So Sweetbeart's brothers and her
PaPti and mamma too, sot to work to
help her to find the extra person to
make happy on Christmas Day. I3ut it
Was Sweetheart herself who found
Nancy Jane M tile end.
"She went 'long down de ineader,"
said Sweetheart's man servant to the read people aro most amusing. IN e XXX. Id that cannot he procured. the
other servants, "and she orossed de find, however, that most people protest 'powdered may do. Three or four
plank, not feared o' nothini, and sbe against being continually called upon pounde is enough for 'quite a nice am -
toilers de pan and SIM slothes tro' de
THE CHRISTMAS CANDINS,
•
lf one lute Lbe time it is by far the
cheapest to make one's own candies ;
besides, home-miede candies are pure
easily by too much sprightliness as by
a deadly dullness. But lave we not and clean, As Christmas would not
eeni camped° without an abundanoe
already said that the entertainarient
8ot sweets, of which oxie eats so long as
committee of one is to be a person of
there are 'any lett it. is best to have
judgment: Then let us leave matters ,
tin good. Rather go without entireln
in her 'Mails. than have max or amp kinds. Candy -
'There are a elamher 01 PrettY 1"tie making is semi, work and one needs to
games which require quickness and in -
choose such a time wnen the kitchen
genuity. Theee are interesting, and, is not in use,
for a small party of bright and well- allunbest sugar to use is coneeotioners'
to exercise their ingenully. Even tbe °um m enmey.
mash and. knocks at old Nanoy Jane's Then one needs a num-
daw• and in she goes den big as life ustonie.hingly clever ones are some- leer of fresh eggs, of which only the
and'de olcl woman jaws at her for halt times quite content to be merely am- whites are psed, Two el! three kinds
a nour, I reckon, and. out little Miss used. So we will leave tbe games that
Sweetheart comes, her eyes a-shinin ,
eall for rhymes, couplets, and a display
and she says to ane, 'well, Ben, whYal -
yo' ova tell me 'bout her bolcen " of. learning for another time.
"Yes papa " said Sweetheut, "she's JENKINS UP.
of flevoring and. some frutt oolorings
will make a variety. Make only asmall
quantity of the fondant at a time.
For thls take the white of one egg an&
old and she's black and the's dent and, A. game that has been in high favor an equel amount of water. Star in
most blind, and people like Den Jangle
• , this season is familiarly known as enough sugar to make a smooth and
10(11181), 4u in everg
her for I do so W11111. to give a Christ- "Jenkins Un." What the more digni-
naas present; besides the tree. I am go- flea title may be or if there is ono,
ing to take all the money out of iny bistory fails to say. It should beplay-
bank and buy a Christmas present for
Nancy Jane; and if it was ever somnine ea bY at least eight people, mad as many
move money still, papa: I would take more as can be comfortably gathered
it all." about a reasonably largo round table.
"But Nano, ,Tane won't be able to Suppose ten are going to play. %lien by a, dron on two oe 1
there will be five on meth side. Cane white, and flavor differently—lemon.
Sweetheart," said her ln•otber Frank.
"Sloe can ace a little," said Seveet- tains, or leaders, are chosen by the re- vanilla, orange or almond. If lbeeon-
spective sides, who, it should be said, dent hardens Innore all is used mois-
Mr. Wildair paid Ms respeets Lo is when they did aeturn.heart.
stiff paste—just stiff enough that it
will keep Ha shape when a little of it
is rolled into a. ball. If too stiff it
will beeme hard when dry, Make one
awful pink ber seirring in. a drop or
eiro of rose coloring; make one yellow
saffron; cave one
see the present if she's 'most blind.
hostess, ann. then sought cat the belle "See what radiant faces they wear!" serve the doom I invoked, and if Ise.- per and a bed." "But the won't hear you wenn you
it must be quick, lively end agreeable, for ten with more while of egg er water,
of the ball. She ree,eteed him with her sorae one mid to Mrs. Sterling. "They bel Vann In still living, Isabel Vance " You are very good," the strang- tell her it's a Cheistmas present,
brightest glance and roost bewitching 'tread on thvonee' just now instead. of is just the woman to stab me to the er answered. ..e accept your offer nhe's deaf. Sweetheart." said her bro- on these two much of the success of the Tuke un small bits of the white fon-
emile. ! dull earth. No one ever looks like that heart for my perjury." with thanks, indeed, Dr. Sterling." Hoer Bob. game depends, The capteen of one 8418 dant with the fingers, roll into balls,
"Too late, monsieur," she said, gayly, except young ladies and gentlemenin He was near the Temple. He Medi "Hello!" cried joln "you know, m,1 "She can hear you when you hollo," wee elf a walnut on each eide.
In answer to his request for the honor the first ecstasy of engagement. My turned the corner ot the street, and! do you! By jove 1 l'wish you then tekes a silver half dollar, which and pi h
for this ndt 1 ation like NC' searchian in his pockets for his your eyesight, for it would puzzle a
joy of said Sweetheart.
"Nancy Tana is very quarrelsome presumably, is the mysterious "Jenk- Blanche and dry some almonds and,
of bar hand. Engaged oi. s n z ear mecum your 00 1 le •
and for the redowa; but after that— ' Othello's, will soon be gone."
I
there!" i Mrs. Sterling frowned angrily. Yes,
She scribbled his name with a mite , there (ens no mistaking
of a gold Dimon and fltish'ed her ivory the meaning
, of those rapturous fliees, "lie has r00 -
tablets in his eyes. 1 son to congratulate himself, LIO
"You're to have a waltz and. a quad- , doubt," she thought bitterly. "He has
' rille, and you're to take me to supper• scoured the heiress and. her money, but
Our waltz, Captain Frazer? Au revoir, she, poor, silly, sentimental child, she voice; "but to -morrow's sun Will 813,111 -
George." I will pay a life-long penanee for this ly rise on a, widowed bride. Traitor!
She glided away, and the young mad folly. He is not a good man—he perjurer! take your doom!"
man's heart throbbed. high with hope. is selfish and false, and mean to the The sharp report of a. pistol rang
"She calls me George, and. she fa- core of his heart. Heaven knows I out on the midnight air. Policeman
vors me as I see she favors uone other love the child dearly, and would save 777, strolling ' • the
here. If she is not the veriest coquette her if I could, but one might as well next street, sprang his rtittle and rusb- i
that ever flirted a fan, and made plan' talk to the wind that blows, and nor ea. for the spot.
things of men's heants, the game is to change It, as to 01)0100111.10 a lender the gas lamp a man lay ax-'
already mine." ol ve." eirl 0 tended, stiff and cold, anti still, the
' Mr. WIldair strolled through the , 'Mrs. Sterling was wise In her pene- il,ill.',e‘ontehood pumping out at every !
rooms cexelessly while welting fo'r his tration. That night, or rather next „ I
turn to 118 blessed. He diclan care to morning, in the gray and dismal day- No living creature beside was to be
amine since In could net dance with dawn, whea they reached home. Amy evenezia, aoltornoft.the whole length, of the si-;
her, so he watehed the others, lean- came peeping timidly into her room. 1
ing idly against a pillar, and wea.ving le 777 lifted up the wounded man. The
The elder lady sat quietly disrobing
rose -hued dreams of the golden future , herself for bed, very grave, very grim, dulled eyes turned upon elle pollee -
to come. man's face the dying tongue uttered
Please may I come in?" the little
Miss Earle let her favored cavalier • "
girl said, falteringly. on. wioride'
No more. The head fell hack, ono last
ronvulsive throe, and George .Wildair
was n cold corpse.
leech -key, when the figure of a man
started one of the shadow of tbe houses
and confronted him. The light of the s
lamp shone full upon George Wildair's
face.
"To -morrow is your wedding day,
George Wildair," said a deep. stern
cat to see in this gloom."
"I have heard your voice before,"
aid his companion, quietly; "and
I have a good memory for voices."
nAnd who are you, my friend?" in-
quired Dr. Sterliag.
"'ern name is Vietor Latour—the new
take her into supper, and sparkledMes eterting looked at her. How SIL NB .
moro g y fresh, bow sweet, how innocent, how
Moselle. And atter supper they had ' young she was in her fresh. dainty
m-- whereof '.- - the ' ball -dress, with that timid flush on her
e waltz, the 88t0 %as as ;
111181.8 of the spheres, and they seemed , cheek and that wistful, humid light
to float not on vulgar waeed floor, 1 1 .'
n tne starry eyes. All the. mother's ,
but on impalpable air. And George heart within her went 0011. 111 infinite
Wildair, with his hrm eneireling the .
eompassion to the orphened heiress.
taper yvaist, his eyes alight, his face . -
1 "Yes, my little one, come in and tell
radiantly bandsome as the darling. of
-- ' me all about it. Ah. my Amy, do you
the Ws whirled her out of the glaring think I aen quite blind?"
ball -room into the green dusk and syl- , ,Amy hid her hot race In the matron -
van quiet of a cool coneervatory. Far , 10(1).
and faint. and 'unutterably sweet, ' 'Y"DeePar Mrs. Sterling how good you
came the music from the uall-room; are! T. didn't know now to tell you.
soft and silvery flouted in the bright Yes," very falteringly, "I am engag-
moonlight tbrough the open windows; de, .
i e "To George Wildair?"
tinkling fountains plashed in their ,
. Marble basins, watched over by pale 1
goddesses aad tropical plants, and tro- 1 "Yes. to George. Ohl You don't
' pical perfume transformed the plane know how dearly he loves me— you
from the dull earth to the realms of don't knoiv how bitterly he feels the
fairy land. i difference betheen my wealth and hie
"Oh, bow nice!" the little heiress poverty. As if it mattered, ynu know,
cried. "Moenlight and music, flowers which of us had the money, so that we
and fragrance, and fountains, and ev- . have it. If he had the throne oe Lhe
srything charming! I suppose it's Yule • uni.verse he would lay it at my feet,
gar, and so on—as Mrs. Sterling says •And. Jahn—dear old John—be will be
—to go off into raptures about things ' pleased will he not, Mrs. Sterling?
es / do, but I ran't help it. She calls l They were sueb old, old friends, George
it gushing and ill-bred; but I do love and he."
pretty things—ramie and flowers, and l Mrs. Sterling smiled, then she sigh- by a second Eugene Aram, and no
lovely dreseee and brilliant balls: ana ed. dee society people tins winter.
one be the wiser. It's a dear,
lightful, dismal old lilacs, and I
/ can't help saying so, let people think I "1. eope so, dear—poor ;robin But tell
mean to make it my permanent ....._—
what they please. Life is one long. de- ' rae, nay child, do yen, love this mane— THE LOC.A.TION OF HIS INTELLEOT.
lightful dream, and I would not be really love him, as a woman Should home."
This mieltry August evening, 'Miss
any one else than Amy Earle, the heir- I love the mon she is to marry? Riekley put his feet into the steam-
ese, foe all the world. What do you ' Miss Earle gave a hysterical little Earle stends a.lone at the drawing- nag Waal' and lay bunk with a sigh
think of me, after that eonfession, Mr, lough, keeping her numbed face persis_ room window, gazing out, with dreamy e t.ete ti
blue eyes, at the exquisite summer
George Wildair?" tently hidden. Ab, said he, that makes my brain,
the young man murmured. "But no else? He is so delightfully handsome, Which justifies a. suspicion I have aelawin"13011 I; C10 draught from de dmv, • That I hear bat on a dream 4
. "If I only dared say what I think," ' "Of course 7 do. Would I accept him PreoPect. A Velvet lawn, a brilliant
ncover-garden, with a splashing foun- ever so much clearer. a mat fun— antic- •
tain, tend bees tend butterflies blooming and Yellen business a body got openin. A Potato Rainy g
P of 'While the leads like rubies show
im roses and lily -bells; swelling nice.- de claw on leer, Miss Sweetheart hol- ninny for the tio cers-on. Two rows
On the frostea Lolly spray
—you would call me mad, premumptu- you know; and he walezee divinely; and held for several years, said. the perspir-
e dews; rich with golden harvest, and - lers oue tint it's Christmas and she potatoes, varying in size from very
And the malls are white with snow
dense black slopes ot. woodleaul down A (3111old f • I
oun . le OMG Lar witty,
oils and bripertenent. I nuist not for- . be talks like the hero of a novel. What
get thee it is net the little Atty. of ' more mulct any reasone.ble girl desire/ and Alla hopes small ones to one or two that are clim-
bs/p.m) days but Slips 'Earle, the heir- I Mrs, Sterling sighed henviTy. She she glad, anti all old Remy bears is sily largo, are placed on the floor in
done bring her a preseat
CHAPTAR V.
"1 W01180T If I shall see blin to-
night?"
The August roses were all in scar-
let bloom aroitad that fair northern
mansion, deep in the heartz of the most
beautiful part of that beantiful bout -
try, Cumberland. It stond quite alone,
an iinposing structure of rod brick,
buried in a wilderne.ss of trees. So
high, so dark, towered those miles, and
gloomy elms and grand old firs, that
the green gloom of the woods eyes
duskily (soot in the mosti blazing noon-
tide, It bad been called .Fir -Tree
Hollow," onee upon a time; but, when
it passed into the hands. of Miss Amy
Earle. that romantic. little lady bad
rethristened it immediately as "Black-
wood Grange."
"It ie as isolated. and lonely as poor,
dear Mariena's 'needed Grange,'" the
young lady said. A murder nughthe
done in the depth of yonder woodland
organist o . .Tude's."
'Ob, indeed! I have seen, you, then,
and heard you. play, Very happy to
make your acquaintanne, Mr. Latour,
and I shall be happier when Nve get out
f th' fo led snow -storm How
came you. belated so far from the vil-
lage?"
"Miss Hotten, of Mount Hotta, 18
one of my pupils. I lingered over her
lesson rather late, and. seta out to re-
turn, despite the entreatiee a the fam-
ily. I think I should have paid for my
folly by perishing in the snow -drifts,
it I harl not load the good. fortemee to
encoanter you. Your destination is
Blaelnvood Grange, I presume?"
To be Continued.
IN OTHER WORDS.
He .writes that he can't come, eh?
Any explanetion?
Circumstances over which he has no
control, he says.
Hen! I suppose that means his wife.
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TRICK Ole THE DOGS.
O ber bre_ ins," and when the captain oE the op- roll them in bitslsod the . of fondant.. Make
unswmtatp
ened chocolate into a lewl an&
dterent colors, '
. .
"Nobody has ever given her any
ery pair of hands neiengeng, to thei side
f ul for her present." place it, over steam—the top of a kettle
that has the ball dollar is spread open, will do. Dip them into this from the
thing," said Sweetheart.
"I am very much afraid that Nancy and held high in sic. After an in- NIN,I.OcillegrOefasendlOitganliVniarepatorrekr., Thane; odno
not tame readily off of greascel elides.
XONNO, under existing circumstances, slant's inspection the captain of the
Work into Lne white tom -lent while ( ery
will fail to appreeiate the present," opposing side—which let us call Side
' f o• tie' 't
' Toni. II the side holding the coin being Side
ball's, roll in whittle of cgpc, and then in
, "Nanny Jane can feel." cried Sweet- A—orders "Jenktns Down," end. all Lhe dry, shredded cocoanut, mit, sumo ot
heart. tritunphantiy, "she felt my hair beads on Side A. go under notable.
the fondant into tiny cubes tine leave
' and. my dress and she said tlatit I was The captain with an impressive show
plain.
1 rich ana then rich people never gave of manoeuvring and secrecy slips the
P018 in tlao Inne SOM 13011 0. 0111C of syrup with a bale imp
she was mistaken," said Sweetheart's should. reoeLve it without moving
anything to poor people."
"I hope you told Nancy Jane that own side, of course, wad. that persena
so:100g211.
crisp, when a little is dropped from a
a innuiloa tenodi as uwgaati.e• r.unlitiltwiet ii.sea dv3M, wa
papa. "I hope you defemled yourself; 'muscle of his countenance, or other -
amine' or more of finely crushed or
little girl." I wise betraying his trust, as side B must
chopped nuts—till kimis mixed. or just
"No. :f didn't," said Sweetheart, "for 1 be kept la darkest ign,oxanee as toll:lase
one kind—alai stir into the syrup. Drop
0Illaion.,,n,t her to be surprised. at Ohrist- whereabouts of the half -dollar.
1 captain Of 13 now orders "Jenkins ITP" tiny bits tram the end of the spoon on
Sweet:heave herself was very much again., and the A hands, palms toward .the well -greased plittneionyrunnptialnicioolt
eurprised when sbe broke her bank to B, but all closed., are 00310 100111 thrown These mre delicious:
find so meth money. "Mama," she in air. "Jenkins Down" brings all the gar as above mentioned and, mix with'
eried, "you and papa and the boys have ,' Mends on the table -top spread out flat it when done a quantity of cleaned and
been putting in on the sly. Why, I ' and with palms down. At this stage roasted peanuts. Pour into a shallow,
I of affairs the B's must have thein wits , buttered tin, and when meld break into
bane twenty dollars"
"Enough to buy tbe poor old wo- ' about them and their eyes like a ' email pieces. One cap of syrup, one cup
man a complete outfit," stad the lit- I bowie's. They must guess which par- ' of sugar and leaf a cup of butler,
Ile girl's mama, "good shoes and stoek- ; titular A. hand holds the coin, the ob- L boiled until orisp when a little is
ins and a dress and a warm shawl," I jeet being to keep that hand in its dropped inLo cold water, makes delic-
give her tbinge like that. I want I is when the nese "Jenkins Down" is
"not for Chrintmas. Afterwards we are ordered off. The eritical moment a hale cup of sugar, a large tablespoon-
1)5.11Oh, no, mama," cried. Sweetheart, :place on the table until ail the others ious butter-scotoh. 'A. emend best syrup,
til aarlbrou'paeolf..1:11:01 (1generous1.1.14,elefooz
un -
ma." The little girl came Army chase ' tented on the table -top withoat rattle 1
Nanny Jane to ea anvfin glad at Christ- , ordered and the h&nds have to be flat- enl unsweetened uhocolate, boiled un -
tough, not hard or Mettle, will make
to her mama. "She's poor and old and ing or chinking the .coin. The gums -
eine conamels. le eoured into shill-
lelaek." ehe Reid softly, "and she's nev- ing side must, be misled as moth, as pos-
low, buttered tins it may be out into
life."
er been glad at Christmas in all her sible the holder of the coin endoevor-
,
atm told a trifle more sugar.
flares when cold. If too soft re -boil
Sweetheart's mama smiled a little all the others a81311811,11g as greet am
ing to look as innocent as may be, and Stt111)55 . . ,
Popcorn balls axe the children's de -
when she wrote the letter, ordering eppearance p1 guilt as lies within their
ing pan full of corn, rejecting all burn-
liglat and are mistily made, Pop a bale-
Naney ,Tae's present. but she said to command. 1 finely points age usually
Sweelbeant's papa, then Sweetheart wee callea a game. Ie. fee instance, there ed ox unpoppel kernels. Boil a pinta
thee Willie," "suppose she isn't grate- posing side calls out "nenkins Up„"ev- e
Amateur Sportsman—Your hounds
all meaner to be flick,
Backwoodsmen— Oli, no ; they're
only playin' off sick ; they think
you want to borrow 'ern to go shontin'
HE CHOSE HIMSELF.
Portly Pessenger—Man I ask ',that such a. dear little thing elute ,she let .1nm four hands on the ta e ev en syrup Or Molasses with a large cupful
of sugar until tongh, when a little Le
prompted you to give 1110 your seat bee have her Sweetheant s four coin is uncovered, that counts Cour for
dropped. into cold water. Drop &snooze-
, ' big brothel's laughed heartily when the side holding it. They retain it for
The Young lelea—Certainly; it um they hourd of Sweetheart's purehaeo, the next round iena so on until the
young man? ful at a time into /Art of the, comi and
aro each of Men declared that 7 it guessing slue sunceeds in "locating" the form oinekly loto obeli before ithierd-
evident to me that one of us had to were snowing on Chriratmes morning coin awl keeping the hand imam:which ens; Repeat this process until all the
stand upon my feet, he would Parry Sweetheart on her it lies, on the tnine until the last mem- corn is used,
LET US HOPE SO.
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le was snowing bud on Christmas MA,GIO MUSIC.
morning and. the snow lay a foot dean "Magie Munn:" is the caplet tieing title
on the ground.. Little Sweetheart, of a merry little 0111-fiLemoaett gnme Do they think of MO to -day,
heel 'gannet] down tbe road. in bee sled eor children. One person is sent oat of By the Christmee flre's warm glow,
Bil.ly goat fiercely abaking his head, the room evbile a smell objeot is bid In the old home far away,
and Pon alongside carrying the pre. in some u.nlikely plane. Then he is 'Where thin' Mired me long ago?
sent when her brother Willie stew her called in, a description of the object is ' Innen they note my vemint chair,
and called to the others. ' given nine and he' is guided 111 his Do they panse amidst their glee
And tine 18 tbe way Ben tells the search for it by the music some one To breathe a Woke prayer,
story of Tenney nun's Christmas: playa upon the piauo. When ebe Or a kindly wish for me?
IN THE OLD HOBO FAR AWAY,
Bighead—Have you noticed that the
trend of the modern nmel is to exploit.
• le
Cynicue—Yes. I thouldn't be sur -
Prised if religion became a fad with
"We started out mighty !peek atm eettreber is nese the object. the musio
boys sncitekin' on behincl. Miss Swett-. la played very loud. and more and more
heart; she knocks at de daw ana gees softly as be wanders away from it.
tn a ain an& old Nanny nane begins
A POTATO RACE,
Tbrougb the glistening winter rime,
3Prom the ohurch across the stream,
Do they listen to tbe chime
ing Mre. B., gronly.
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A MA.RVE.LOGS CURE.
esti, I stand beside, and that X tiee lifted the hidden fete and kissed it ten- 1 to the shore, of the Dove. A. lovely tle Nvords Christmas and glael ancl she parallel lities, the potatoes in each row
t • el h f th m 'bout to begin aejawine tigin but Lit- 1061315 about two feet apart. Not, inoge In this sunny foreign lane.,
tle Miss Sweetheant steps up behind. than six potatoes should. be in buntline, Where no Claristnins hereon shine,
hoe and. frows proem!: around nor Two people are then, given rather large How I wieh three men dear bend
and bless my Emil de p10551111 is a wooden spoons and they are to "race Could be fondly entailed in initial
big for oloak, Dem boys is all a sneak- with oath other to 880 WIlt011 gets all All, the mallow firelight Mlle,
his pote,toes in 1788k0t, first, The bask- And the restless shadows Play,
On the bolly-brightened walls
Of the old home fag 11.51111)'1
Bat they think 01: 1106, I know •
They still bola my memory &are
By the Yule log's 011001)7 glow
They will sornetimee wish nee neer,
And my Leers unbidden fall,
AS in broken tones I pray
Thee, God. may 13)0911,, 111010 nil
In the old home fan away
EXISTENCE lei PRIMA iteelnient.
•
Considering how many people 41110?-'
017 year, it is evident that eying is
very, very dongerons,
penniless lawyer, obliged to drudge for er Mrs. floodsum—Myl 1.Vhat wonderful.
"II, Is almost five o'clock, my pet, and eunset, the tsky all pearl and azure, and cures they are nutleiug clown at the
Rise Earte's blue eyes dropped, and high time you wore in bed, Go, and
the rosy light tinted the rounded may 'leaven bless you and inake you
theeks. But, IL was not the flueb of IMMO"
displeasure; and her VOice, timid and "You don't nee poor George," Amy
fluttering, had nothing of anger in it said elinging round her. "Ali! how
When she spoke. cruel that be Mrs. Sterling, when you
"Yea are Unjust, Mr, Wildnir. Amy don't know &ny anent hire,"
Earle, the heirees, is in no way differ- . "Nor any good, MY poor Amyl Hut
one than the Aray E'anie of former 7 will try and like hien for your sake.
days. I don't think 7 ever gave yen Now go to bed and let MO go. I'm
grounds for that reproaeh." i not in love, you know, Arny, and.
"No," he said, bitterly. "You have really should Prefer a comfortable
,then all MeV:telly, all gracieue eon- sleep to a half a dozen young lawyers."
deseension, 'But though non nnty I Mr, Wildair dutifully called in the
in the far evest a gorgeous elame of
lurid glory.
The golden -haired beiress stood look-
ing at this splendor! oft earth and sky,
with eyes than saw nothing of its radi-
ates. Very pretty she was looking in
her sunteaery white muslit, with blush'..
roses in her blame, and the nimbus of
amber hair rippling down to, her slen-
der little waist,
"I wonder if shall see bim this
evening? He is always there in the
twiliglin playing. Oh, how Ile does
play! No Mortal hand ever made snob
of:c.gr:j, r otentlet, presnine,"
C881T80 of the any, ant ner a, °rim e beevenir muele before.
onlecious, deneesconsionl Whmm
at , ous, loyet- e tato wz et.
001150080 818 you talking? Do you want, And from that time forward all Went
to make Die angry, Mr. Wildair?" on velvet. There wan no hard-hearted
forgive met But if you con nether or flinty guardittn to lash tbe
forget in your greet kindnees, the die- meta flow of love's tide to freenY—
ferenee between,. es, 7 cannot; I can- 1, Merle was her own onetime. Mrs,
to that, r
Wildair was nearly year in the cold
grave, and another mato was the "bini"
of Amy learle's thoaglita this August
suneet
She had been very Sorry, Unutterably,
hoaptiall
Mr. Goodsuen—What have they done?
Mrs. Goodsum—enlie paper atones
that a blind maa was removed to that
institution lest evening, and after ree
meaning there an hour or so lee be -
gad to see enakes,
BAWDS'S SPEED NOT UNIFORM
It is an interesting fact tithe the
earth' cloes not travel at the same retie
in all pares of its journey through
apace. Its orbit being elliptical, it
roust et eorne tine Oneannole dearer to
the 81131 thdal at others, and will take
less time in rneverin thrOugh one pent
of Ile saIb tban through another, In
winter the earth le 1antirer the sun that
111 1911.1131051), and moves thenugh nettee
Mere rapideY,
in' back ce nee enstarine and. I pat my
hand ova my moue to keep do laugh in,
sia lawsb der wan't florin to laugh
at. Dot old. 550111.100 fetchde present
and cried Men 'to mei' and tattle Mien
Sweeth'eart's dilate,' hair and den elie
just tuck heed dab little white face ana
kiss it anl de temrs was reennin' down
her old black oheeks. 'Laws, honey,'
eble ory, ,i've done live to see one true
Cheistnnies mad I'S glad ana thenkfule
and she rub ati for cant agin, wonder -
in' like, and. she teethed de little soft
heed agin; and Wo alio baeked teWreet
team de dew, and when anise Sweet.
heart, by end by done mane Mee dem
boys wen baele to de letneet helplen foe
deer life •wid de tree,"
13, et should not be too far away, as the
contestients can only pink up one po-
tato at a time and deposit it, before
ne goes to the next.
A PAINFUL SCENE.
Kindly Neighbor—How lm the baby
this morning, Johnny?
Little Johnny—ge's worse, minute The
dooLor flays 118 041411. live the week out.
13e-1)00-1100 I
lely dear atay, I sincerely hope the
baby will get well,
So, do I, It Md be tewful hard on me
fox. bine to die—this—week, nnenata Sot -
1. 12' day of th" arms, •